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23 Villa Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BS

20231054Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 28 November 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single storey ground floor rear extension with roof lights.

Received
12 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Higham And Shorne
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 23 Villa Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BS. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Gravesham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Higham And Shorne. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 postcode area.

74% of full applications at Gravesham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME3 7BS
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2023
Consultation expiry
6 November 2023
Consultation start
16 October 2023
Consultation end
6 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2023
Last date for comments
21 November 2023
Target decision date
7 December 2023
Permission expires
28 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Synergy The Office, The Larches Higham Rochester ME3 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12519495
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Gravesham

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